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When we reviewed the Bright Moments’ debut, Natives, back in February our trusty reviewer went so far to say that “it insulates all the cold corners of my musical universe”. This is Pop in full motion, gloriously assembled by the man behind the moniker Kelly Pratt. We wanted to thank Kelly for the music, the songs and the sounds, but after careful consideration felt a Call Back would probably read better.

Bowlegs: Which album has been a major influence in your life, and why?

Kelly: I would say that John Coltrane’s Love Supreme is probably the album I’ve listened to more than anything else. It’s the perfect statement from an artist who never stopped searching. Also Enter the Wu Tang Clan has been incredibly big in my life.

Bowlegs: What was the last album you bought?

Kelly: The new Beach House. It’s a pretty new sound for them, very 80′s.

Bowlegs: Which bands have you been listening to this week?

Kelly: Mazzy Star, Prince, and the new Here We Go Magic

Bowlegs: Name an up-and-coming band Bowlegs should look out for?

Kelly: The new Delicate Steve album is great. He’s going to blow up this year. Also one of my favorite bands that not a lot of people know about is The Luyas, a very interesting group of Montrealers.

Bowlegs: What was the last gig you went to?

Kelly: The last gig I went to was a show we played with Suckers. I don’t go to many shows other than the ones I play. The best gig I’ve seen in a long time though was the Barr Brothers at SXSW.

Bowlegs: Who is the best band you have ever shared a bill with?

Kelly: Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy. He is an incredibly virtuosic performer and his music is a true inspiration.

Bowlegs: What was the first gig you ever went to, and who did you go with?

Kelly: The first big concert I went to was the Eagles with my dad. It was in the big arena in town and everyone was getting high. They played that acoustic version of Hotel California. It was awesome.

Bowlegs: What made you realise that being a musician was the career of choice?

Kelly: Probably around the same time all the cocaine and chicks started rolling in… Just kidding. Making music for a career can be incredibly rewarding, and fun. But it can also be stressful not knowing when your next paycheck is coming in.

Bowlegs: What is your favourite music documentary?

Kelly: I was just thinking about the Harry Nilsson documentary. It’s not the best made film of all time, but he’s such a fascinating subject.

Bowlegs: What was the last film you saw, and was it any good?

Kelly: I watched a bit of Blindness last night. I absolutely love the book and the movie is pretty good too.

Bowlegs: Name three great books Bowlegs must read?

Kelly: Let’s start with Blindness by Jose Saramago since I was just talking about it in the last question. In fact, just read anything by Saramago. He’s brilliant. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro is an incredible and incredibly sad book about things that may have been. Just to mix it up I’ll include a graphic novel: Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth.

Bowlegs: What do you see when you look in the mirror?

Kelly: I need a haircut!

Bowlegs: Name a song that takes you back to a certain time in your life?

Kelly: Headache by Frank Black. I was really starting to get into a lot of different types of music at this point. “Teenager of the Year” is an album I still listen to from time to time. It always reminds me of my early high school days.

Bowlegs: What is one of your favourite album covers of all time?

Kelly: Ween’s Chocolate and Cheese of course!

Bowlegs: What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?

Kelly: I watched Groundhog Day the other day. Bill Murray’s finest film, and definitely in my top 10. Also, my girlfriend was just now trying to sing a Prince song, that may even be funnier than Groundhog Day.

Bowlegs: Do you think music videos are important and do you like making them?

Kelly: I’m a little torn on this. Music videos are good promotional tools, but they are very expensive. Also, so few of them are any good these days.

Bowlegs: Are albums still important or is it more about individual tracks?

Kelly: For me albums are key. It’s interesting that technology dictated the album format, and now there is no limitation to how long an album can be. Yet people still stick to 45 minutes or so. It must be for good reason.

Bowlegs: What do you have planned for the next six months?

Kelly: A bit of touring with Bright Moments. Also, I’m doing a tour with David Byrne and St. Vincent, playing various horns.

Bowlegs: What is on your iPod that you probably shouldn’t admit to?

Kelly: There’s probably a little more free jazz than would be acceptable in most social situations…

Bowlegs: Which album has been a major influence in […]]]>

Odonis Odonis started life as some lo-fi noise-makers with a run of good tunes. But for their next trick (that’s album number 2 – due soon) they have taken their sound into a proper studio – with a crate-load of melodies to boot. With the group currently touring the hell out of Europe it seemed like a good time to shoot one of our Call Backs across to main man Dean Tzenos.

Bowlegs: Which album has been a major influence in your life, and why?

Dean: Pixies’ Doolittle is probably my first pick. I can still listen to it and find it interesting and exciting every time. It’s diverse, poppy, arty and aggressive, everything l like in an album.


Bowlegs: What was the last album you bought?

Dean: The Oscillation – Out of Phase

Bowlegs: Which bands have you been listening to this week? 



Dean: Mostly bands we’ve heard on tour. Trying to figure out what the scene is like here in UK/EU. Nouveau Velo from Holland have an impressive EP out. Just played with a band called Rank from Lyon that had a great Joy Division vibe, in the best way. Chelsea Wolfe’s latest record, which is amazingly good, as well as Russian Circles, who crush it out live.

Bowlegs: Name an up-and-coming band Bowlegs should look out for?

Dean: Phèdre, Beta Frontiers, Hussy, Hellaluya, Metz, Cartoons, Thighs, Soupcans.

Bowlegs: What was the last gig you went to?

Dean: Hmmm, that we didn’t play… A Place to Bury Strangers opening for The Joy Formidable at Lee’s Palace in Toronto.


Bowlegs: Who is the best band you have ever shared a bill with?



Dean: At this point, Russian Circles and Chelsea Wolfe are in the top spots.



Bowlegs: What was the first gig you ever went to, and who did you go with?

Dean: I saw Radiohead when I was 15 or 16 with my sisters, just as The Bends was about to be released.


Bowlegs: What made you realise that being a musician was the career of choice?

Dean: When working the 9-5 began to crush my soul.

Bowlegs: What is your favourite music documentary?

Dean: This is Spinal Tap.

Bowlegs: What was the last film you saw, and was it any good?



Dean: I saw The Babysitter on the plane on the way over here. Definitely got a few chuckles out of me.

Bowlegs: Name three great books Bowlegs must read?

Dean: The Manual by The Timelords, Super Flat Times by Matthew Derby, God Bless you Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut

Bowlegs: What do you see when you look in the mirror?



Dean: My face
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Bowlegs: Name a song that takes you back to a certain time in your life?

Dean: Stone Roses – I Wanna be Adored


Bowlegs: What is one of your favourite album covers of all time?

Dean: I don’t think I can name one, but the last one I remember really digging was Thee Oh Sees’ Castlemania.

Bowlegs: What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?

Dean: Our night in Rouen aka The Ninth Gate. Quote of the night. “Your music is intense… in my ass.”

Bowlegs: Do you think music videos are important and do you like making them?

Dean: Now that social media has taken over, music videos have a new life: people are more likely to post a good video than just a song.

I really enjoy making videos because you can be more experimental and non-linear. With traditional filmmaking, there are more “rules” to follow… unless you’re David Lynch, Michel Gondry, etc.

Bowlegs: Are albums still important or is it more about individual tracks?

Dean:Albums are definitely still important, but it’s probably easier for bands to just get one or two hits these days based on the volume of choice that people have. I’m personally more of an album guy.


Bowlegs: What do you have planned for the next six months?

Dean: Finishing up this tour and getting ready to release our follow up record, Soft Boiled Hard Boiled in the fall. We are also going to try and hit the studio and work on record # 3 over the summer and then back on tour in the fall. Busy year!

Bowlegs: What is on your iPod that you probably shouldn’t admit to?

Dean: Cloud Nothings.

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Sweet Lights is the work of Shai Halparin, one time leader of the band Capitol Years (a group that featured War on Drugs man Adam Granduciel). His self-titled debut as Sweet Lights is a record of big-hearted pop and reflective melancholy; it’s positively brimming with hook-laden tunes that you can’t shake for a longtime after. We sent Shai one of our Call Backs so we could get an insight into the man and his music.

Bowlegs: Which album has been a major influence in your life, and why?

Shai: The White Album, because my 2 year old dances to Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey, Sexy Sadie and Helter Skelter.

Bowlegs: What was the last album you bought?

Shai: Rufus Wainwright

Bowlegs: Which bands have you been listening to this week?
Shai: Nightlands, OFF!

Bowlegs: Name an up-and-coming band Bowlegs should look out for?

Shai: Silver Ages

Bowlegs: What was the last gig you went to?

Shai: Polica

Bowlegs: Who is the best band you have ever shared a bill with?

Shai: Mastercaster

Bowlegs: What was the first gig you ever went to, and who did you go with?

Shai: Grateful Dead, RFK Stadium, with my sister

Bowlegs: What made you realise that being a musician was the career of choice?

Shai: Still sorting that out…

Bowlegs: What is your favourite music documentary?

Shai: The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Bowlegs: What was the last film you saw, and was it any good?

Shai: Midnight in Paris, it was great.

Bowlegs: Name three great books Bowlegs must read?

Shai: Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and Private Parts

Bowlegs: What do you see when you look in the mirror?

Shai: My exact appearance.

Bowlegs: Name a song that takes you back to a certain time in your life?

Shai: Dare Me by The Pointer Sisters

Bowlegs: What is one of your favourite album covers?

Shai: Freel Freine – Punk Blues

Bowlegs: What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?

Shai: Eric the Actor

Bowlegs: Do you think music videos are important and do you like making them?

Shai: Curing cancer is important, music videos can be cool. I’ve enjoyed making some myself with old home movies and other repurposed footage. Others have made some great SL videos as well.

Bowlegs: Are albums still important or is it more about individual tracks?

Shai: Always helps to have great songs first. They tend to make great albums. 

Bowlegs: What do you have planned for the next six months?

Shai: Lots of travelling and voting for Barack Obama.

Bowlegs: What is on your iPod that you probably shouldn’t admit to?

Shai: Nothing strikes me as guilt-worthy. Though some songs do seem to overstay their welcome, or at least trick my shuffle into playing them way too often.

Bowlegs: Which album has been a major influence in your life, and why? 

Mac: My friend Jake played me Sgt. Pepper’s when I was in […]]]>

Mac DeMarco’s album, Rock and Roll Nightclub, introduced us to a world where Elvis could front the Pixies and their music could be gloriously lo-fi. It’s an album – and world – we love and it rarely strays far from the office stereo. We thought it only right to send Mac a Call Back.

Bowlegs: Which album has been a major influence in your life, and why? 

Mac: My friend Jake played me Sgt. Pepper’s when I was in junior high school. It’s an easy answer I know, but before that point it was all Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit for this guy.

Bowlegs: What was the last album you bought?

Mac: I bought the Beavis and Butthead Experience at value village a little while ago.

Bowlegs: Which bands have you been listening to this week?

Mac: My friends in Walter TV have been recording in our living room all week, so I’ve been hearing that a lot. I’ve been listening to Arthur Russell a lot, Jonathan Richman too. I usually just cycle through shit I already like a lot, we don’t have internet at our house so I have no idea what’s going on in the internet music zone.

Bowlegs: Name an up-and-coming band Bowlegs should look out for?

Mac: I played a music festival in Calgary, AB, a couple weeks ago and met these really young kids that play in a band called Faux Fur. Those kids have like 100 bands between them and they whip so much ass. I’m usually considered a pretty young dude, but these kids are still trucking through high school.

Bowlegs: What was the last gig you went to?

Mac: Went to see my homedogs in a band called Each Other, here in Montreal – they whip ass.

Bowlegs: Who is the best band you have ever shared a bill with?

Mac: The Bummers. They were a band from Edmonton – they used to play when I was in high school. My old drummer, this girl named Jen, ended up starting a love triangle with both members of the band, which led to them breaking up a few years ago. Thanks Jen.

Bowlegs: What was the first gig you ever went to, and who did you go with?

Mac: My friends Peter (who plays guitar in my band now) and Alec were these older guys who went to my high school. They got me really drunk one night and took me out to see an old Edmonton band called the Vertical Struts. I think I was 15 or 16 – I’m pretty sure it was the first time I got hammered too.

Bowlegs: What made you realise that being a musician was the career of choice?

Mac: I get to go on vacation for free, I get to drink for free, meeting people is way easier. And it still blows my mind that people want to give me money for playing.

Bowlegs: What is your favourite music documentary?

Mac: The Last Waltz.

Bowlegs: What was the last film you saw, and was it any good?

Mac: I watched Repulsion, that movie by Roman Polanski, last night. It was spooky.

Bowlegs: Name three great books Bowlegs must read?

Mac: Just read So Far… Kelsey Grammers’ autobiography three times over.

Bowlegs: What do you see when you look in the mirror?

Mac: Mac DeMarco.

Bowlegs: Name a song that takes you back to a certain time in your life?

Mac: Romeo by the Wipers reminds me of biking around my old Vietnamese neighbourhood in Vancouver before I knew anybody in town.

Bowlegs: What is one of your favourite album covers of all time?

Mac: Prince’s self-titled album has the best cover ever. And if you flip it over he’s buck ass nude riding Pegasus – doesn’t get much better than that.

Bowlegs: What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?

Mac: My friend Ryan B de-robed at band practice a little while ago and starting giving the bass a little slap slap, while his wiener was doing the slip slap on his thighs.

Bowlegs: Do you think music videos are important and do you like making them?

Mac: I’m not sure if I’d call them important, but I always like when bands have as much stuff floating around as possible – makes it more fun to get into something. I love making videos too; I usually do them with my friend Evan Prosofsky. He’s going to do something for us for the next album. I’ve got a couple videos coming up for Rock and Roll Night Club too.

Bowlegs: Are albums still important or is it more about individual tracks?

Mac: For me personally, on the musician side, I really like making something that fits together as an album. I’ve had a couple releases that are sort of tracks from here and there mashed together to make a whole, but it always feels weird. I find it’s way better when the whole thing has a vibe rather than just having things pop out of nowhere all over it.

Bowlegs: What do you have planned for the next six months?

Mac: I think we’re doing a bunch of touring, in the States and hopefully Europe too. I’m working on the next album too, not sure when it’s coming out, but I’ll be done by summertime I think. Other than that I’ll probably just sit around.

Bowlegs: What is on your iPod that you probably shouldn’t admit to?

Mac: There’s a Coldplay album on there.

Bowlegs: Which album has been a major influence in your life, and why?

Hannah: It’s hard to pinpoint just one album. I listen to a pretty […]]]>

Along with Zambri’s Baasa House and Mina Tindle’s Taranta, Hannah Cohen’s Child Bride stands out as one of the classier debut releases of the year so far. It’s dripping in vocal sweetness and brooding tenderness – a powerful album that deserves end-of-year-list recognition. Before that happens though, we thought we get in a Call Back.

Bowlegs: Which album has been a major influence in your life, and why?

Hannah: It’s hard to pinpoint just one album. I listen to a pretty wide variety of music, from Deee-Lite to Neil Young to Caetano Veloso and more. So it’s kind of hard to say. I had a Greatest Hits Neil Young CD that I listen on repeat for about a year. That was the only thing I listened to, so I guess that was pretty impactful.

Bowlegs: What was the last album you bought?

Hannah: Vinyl. Cantar- Gal Costa.

Bowlegs: Which bands have you been listening to this week?

Hannah: Sibylle Baier, but she’s not a band. The End is devastating.

Bowlegs: Name an up-and-coming band Bowlegs should look out for?

Hannah: Zebra Katz’s Ima Read. Watch the video.

Bowlegs: What was the last gig you went to?

Hannah: SSION.

Bowlegs: Who is the best band you have ever shared a bill with?

Hannah: Elysian Fields.

Bowlegs: What was the first gig you ever went to, and who did you go with?

Hannah: I went to a James Brown concert in Oakland with my dad and my sister.

Bowlegs: What made you realise that being a musician was the career of choice?

Hannah: Music makes me feel good. Nothing else matters to me when I’m playing my guitar. It’s an escape.

Bowlegs: What is your favourite music documentary?

Hannah: Bill Withers. I am in love with him.

Bowlegs: What was the last film you saw, and was it any good?

Hannah: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. I watched with Doveman and we didn’t want it to end!

Bowlegs: Name three great books Bowlegs must read?

Hannah: Just Kids by Patti Smith; Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriele Garcias Marquez; and A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh.

Bowlegs: What do you see when you look in the mirror?

Hannah: Currently a chipped tooth, but I like it.

Bowlegs: Name a song that takes you back to a certain time in your life?

Hannah: Billy Holiday’s Lover Man. Winters at home in California.

Bowlegs: What is one of your favourite album covers?

Hannah: Tom Zé’s Todos os olhos.

Bowlegs: What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?

Hannah: I woke up the other day laughing, thinking of the previous night and what trouble my friends and I got into.

Bowlegs: Do you think music videos are important and do you like making them?

Hannah: Definitely. I love making music videos. Little mini conversations.

Bowlegs: Are albums still important or is it more about individual tracks?

Hannah: I still believe in the power of ‘the album’. But I do understand, as well, that individual tracks are more exciting for others.

Bowlegs: What do you have planned for the next six months?

Hannah: Work on new projects and hopefully be able to travel and play some shows.

Bowlegs: What is on your iPod that you probably shouldn’t admit to?

Hannah: I don’t have an iPod.

Bowlegs: Which album has been a major influence in your life, and why?

Jessica: I’m sure there are many albums, but […]]]>

Debut albums don’t come much more impressive than Zambri’s House of Baasa. The duo (sisters Jessica and Cristi Jo) carved out a sublime effort, forged of dark pop tunes we just can’t get out of our heads. So, in the spirit of reciprocity, we thought we’d get into theirs and give them a Call Back. Jessica fielded the answers.

Bowlegs: Which album has been a major influence in your life, and why?

Jessica: I’m sure there are many albums, but one that comes to mind is Aphex Twin’s …I Care Because You Do. Richard D. James is the shit.

Bowlegs: What was the last album you bought?

Jessica: Bear In Heaven’s I Love You, It’s Cool.

Bowlegs: Which bands have you been listening to this week?

Jessica: Death Grips and Death Grips.

Bowlegs: Name an up-and-coming band Bowlegs should look out for?

Jessica: Death Grips.

Bowlegs: What was the last gig you went to?

Jessica: Sarah Neufeld at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC.

Bowlegs: Who is the best band you have ever shared a bill with?

Jessica: It’s fun to share a stage with friends like Hooray For Earth, Bear In Heaven, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Twin Shadow.

Bowlegs: What was the first gig you ever went to, and who did you go with?

Jessica: My first concert was either Rage Against The Machine or Janet Jackson.

Bowlegs: What made you realise that being a musician was the career of choice?

Jessica: Dancing around to Michael Jackson’s Beat It, when I was two-years-old, gave me the bug.

Bowlegs: What is your favourite music documentary?

Jessica: Out of all the docs/mocks of music/musicians out there, I’ve enjoyed 24 Hour Party People and The Fearless Freaks.

Bowlegs: What was the last film you saw, and was it any good?

Jessica: I recently watched Melancholia and yeah, it was damn good.

Bowlegs: Name three great books Bowlegs must read?

Jessica: Been thinking about stealing Cristi Jo’s copy of Good Omens next and digging into the large collection of Irvine Welsh books my bf owns in our apartment.

Bowlegs: What do you see when you look in the mirror?

Jessica: I see a lunatic.

Bowlegs: Name a song that takes you back to a certain time in your life?

Jessica: When I hear the song, Shout by Tears For Fears, I think of when my older sisters would try and teach me all the words (I was still learning how to talk at that point) while we all tanned by the pool bikini-style.

Bowlegs: What is one of your favourite album covers of all time?

Jessica: Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works 85-92 and Bjork’s Homogenic are wicked.

Bowlegs: What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?

Jessica: Bob’s Burgers.

Bowlegs: Do you think music videos are important and do you like making them?

Jessica: Music videos are important to me because we are highly influenced by visuals. So the thought of music without visual seems altogether frightening.

Bowlegs: Are albums still important or is it more about individual tracks?

Jessica: Today, it’s probably more about individual tracks because apparently we all need to get through life immediately and just don’t have the ‘time’. But, albums are for real because listening to a collection of music allows you to get into a zone, a mood, another state of being … it’s like sitting down to watch a movie.

Bowlegs: What do you have planned for the next six months?

Jessica: A healthy mix of touring and creating will do it.

Bowlegs: What is on your iPod that you probably shouldn’t admit to?

Jessica: I’ll admit to it all. I’ve got Destiny’s Child, Prokofiev and even some Dusty Springfield all hanging out together.

Bowlegs: Which album has been a major influence in your life, and why?

Logan: Deloused […]]]>

We were mighty impressed with Bad Weather California’s recently released album, Sunkissed. We liked the soulfulness, the loose trebly guitars and the all-round infectious vibes they laid out for us. When we like an album – and we liked this one – we feel compelled to ask the band responsible the same questions we ask many other bands. So, we caught up with band’s drummer, Logan Cocoran.

Bowlegs: Which album has been a major influence in your life, and why?

Logan: Deloused In The Comatorium by The Mars Volta. This is by far the hippest record I could mention, but this was the first record I remember hearing and having my mind blown. I had never heard anything like it in my life up to that point, it was a very genuine reaction to music that either doesn’t exist for people anymore because of how quick and buzzy music is today – or maybe as you get older you hear more and don’t have reactions like that.

It sucks because I think a lot of people don’t have many genuine reactions to music anymore. Anyway, that record pushed me into the realm of music that wasn’t what you could hear at the mall, made me realise there was more music than I could ever hear if I just looked a bit. It was also a turning point for me as a drummer. The Volta’s drummer for that record, John Theodore, was so so so primal in his style and the way he hit his drums, it made me think of rhythm in a completely different, non straight forward way.

Bowlegs: What was the last album you bought?

Logan: I didn’t exactly buy it, but the last albums I received were Echo Park and Always In Postscript by Willamette. They’re a collective of musicians, that includes my good friend Joseph Yonker. They make the most beautiful and dreamy tape loop music ever. I’m not just saying that because my buddy is in the band. The music is a soundtrack to dreams.

Bowlegs: Which bands have you been listening to this week?

Logan: The John Steel Singers, Dana Buoy, The Digital Underground.

Bowlegs: Name an up-and-coming band Bowlegs should look out for?

Logan: Sauna. They are the B-52′s as teenagers.
 
Bowlegs: What was the last gig you went to?

Logan: Delicate Steve. That dude shreds, the sounds he makes are surprising and make you feel good.

Bowlegs: Who is the best band you have ever shared a bill with?

Logan: The Meat Puppets. They are fucking legends. Or Akron/Family, every show makes me want to go practice forever.

Bowlegs: What was the first gig you ever went to, and who did you go with?

Logan: I went to go see Stevie Nicks, here in Denver at this amphitheatre that was called Fiddler’s Green, with my parents when I was probably 10 or 11-years-old. My parents are Fleetwood Mac heads and decided my first live music experience should be with the goddess Stevie. The first real gig I decided to go to on my own though was a festival put on by Moby called Area 2, when I was 13. The only reason I wanted to go is because the Blue Man Group was playing. Moby and David Bowie also played, but I was too inexperienced to really understand the importance of watching Bowie. I saw my first real live boobs there when a lady right behind me flashed Moby. I grew up a lot that day.

Bowlegs: What made you realise that being a musician was the career of choice?

Logan: I’ve been playing instruments since I was five-years-old, but it wasn’t until I started to play music with other people that I began to think about trying to make it a thing I actively pursue. I still don’t consider music my career though. I want it to be, but until we can reach a point where we can do music close to full-time, I don’t consider it our career. Although, I’ve been chasing the dream of doing music full-time since I was around 17.

Bowlegs: What is your favourite music documentary?

Logan: The Talking Heads doc Stop Making Sense is so fun to watch. The whole show is choreographed like a dance. I love that part during the song Naive Melody when Dave Byrne pushes over and catches a lamp, he’s almost dancing with it. Story-wise though, The Devil And Daniel Johnston is the best. So moving and inspiring and sad. Love it.

Bowlegs: What was the last film you saw, and was it any good?

Logan: I just watched Until The Light Takes Us, which is about the beginning and key people of black metal in Norway. It’s brutal. I’ve been getting into black metal recently and it’s very interesting and a bit scary how much more than music it represented. There is this light and dark side to that music. I’m really into the aesthetic of the whole black metal movement, but very against the extremism that some of those guys had.

Bowlegs: Name three great books Bowlegs must read?

Logan: Welcome To The Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut; Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad; and Contact by Carl Sagan.

Bowlegs: What do you see when you look in the mirror?

Logan: A beard that’s not big enough.

Bowlegs: Name a song that takes you back to a certain time in your life?

Logan: Life Like Weeds by Modest Mouse. My first job was bagging groceries and fetching carts in the parking lot of a grocery store and my shifts would be until midnight. It was during the summer time and I would always play that song driving home in the dark, with my car windows down. It was a good time in my life, when I was finally becoming comfortable with who I was and what I was into. That song always made me feel like I was in this nice little content bubble.

Bowlegs: What is one of your favourite album covers of all time?

Logan: Purple Rain by Prince because that motorcycle he’s sitting on is dope.

Bowlegs: What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?

Logan: A friend of mine works for a casting director who got the band involved with a clothing line for an Italian clothing company. We were getting fitted with their clothes and they put Chris in a leather jacket, which is pretty much the opposite of what he would wear. I think this is one of those things where you had to be there and know Chris for this to be funny, but I was crying because I was trying to so hard not to laugh at him modelling the clothes he looked so uncomfortable in. He looked so dumb.

Bowlegs: Do you think music videos are important and do you like making them?

Logan: Super important. It’s a very easy way to get your music out to people and to blogs, they let people get into the vibe the band has, and they’re fun to watch. My girlfriend and I make a lot of the videos we have, so it’s fun but also incredibly stressful because you have a lot riding on your shoulders to make a good video. You’re not only putting your band’s song out there to be judged but also your artistic abilities.

Bowlegs: Are albums still important or is it more about individual tracks?

Logan: Albums are still very important, because they hold musicians to having a complete musical idea and statement. In this day and age of ‘who’s the buzziest band’, albums make bands work harder than just having two songs on the Internet. Making an album is a test of your musical abilities, I think. But singles are the way bands are discovered and blown up and that’s how you get ahead in the industry these days.

Bowlegs: What do you have planned for the next six months?

Logan: Writing new music, recording, finding a job, making videos, going on tour in the States and in Europe.

Bowlegs: What is on your iPod that you probably shouldn’t admit to?

Logan: Every single Red Hot Chilli Peppers recording ever.